Just me and my adventures in life. Life is an adventure and I try to have fun. I love being out in the world.
And I am thankful that anybody who stumbles across this dribble of mine takes a moment to look at it.
Take what you want and leave the rest.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Living in California and going to school here, you learn about the California Missions that the Spanish set up in the late 18th century. Mision San Francisco de Asis was the sixth to be established under the direction of Father Junipero Serra. Five days before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Father Francisco Palou celebrated the first Mass under a makeshift shelter and the City of Saint Francis had its official beginning on June 29, 1776:

Inside the Mission Chapel

The Alter

Statues inside the Chapel

More statues

Stained Glass

The Mission is the oldest surviving building in San Francisco. They also have some artifacts from back in the day:

18th Century Chair

18th Century Brass Crucfix

And the art work:

Cast Stone Sculpture of Father Junipero Sierra-1909

Ceramic Mural-Guillermo Granizo

I love this mural

One thing about the Missions are the cemeteries. I always like walking around and looking around and thinking about how the people lived back in the day:

Monday, July 22, 2013

Recently I had an amazing experience. I got in a kayak and paddled my little fat butt to Angel Island State Park from Sausalito. It is a three mile trip, but it was cool. I am waiting for a person to send me the pics of me paddling. I will share those.

But anyway, Angel Island is a great and beautiful place. It is the largest island in the San Francisco Bay. One side of the island was an Army Base from 1863
to 1947 when it was decommissioned it, then a Nike Missile Base was constructed there in the 50's and then decommissioned that in 1962. The other side of the island was considered "The Ellis Island" of the West Coast as it processed one million Asian immigrants between 1910 and 1940.

I was only the Army Base side and I really want to see the other side of the base. Sorry my pics are not great as I only had my IPHONE and the weather was really cloudy:

The view from where we were staying

The Captain's House

I guess this was a sign to get people to join for the Union cause during the Civil War

The old Army hosptial

The old church and schoolhouse

Deer

Deer grazing

This is where there was two five-inch wire-wound guns. They were removed in 1915.

The Golden Gate Bridge in the fog from Angel Island

"The Rock" in the foreground with the skyline of San Francisco behind it.